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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 582 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Go round the circle): Order: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, blue-purple, purple, red-purple. Primary: red, yellow, blue. Secondary: orange, green, purple. Tertiary: the six two-word colours. Neighbours on the wheel are called analogous colours; black, white, grey and brown are neutrals and are not on the wheel.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  2. 2.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  7. 7.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) grey (c) orange (d) red
  14. 14.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  16. 16.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  22. 22.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  26. 26.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  28. 28.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue-green
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) purple
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  39. 39.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) green (d) red

Answer key

  1. yellow
  2. 6
  3. primary colour
  4. orange
  5. yellow
  6. yellow-orange
  7. orange
  8. True
  9. True
  10. red
  11. True
  12. True
  13. grey
  14. 12
  15. purple
  16. purple
  17. red-orange
  18. primary colour
  19. tertiary colour
  20. True
  21. tertiary colour
  22. yellow-orange
  23. red-orange
  24. green
  25. tertiary colour
  26. green
  27. red
  28. a primary + a secondary
  29. False
  30. blue-green
  31. yellow-green
  32. True
  33. orange
  34. secondary colour
  35. True
  36. blue-green
  37. True
  38. yellow-green
  39. False
  40. green

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